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It's an old saying that Religion Doesn't Fill An Empty Stomach. Neither does 'Secularism' provide jobs nor fill an Empty stomach. The Elites appealing to Indians to vote strategically to ensure the win of "Secular Forces" or 'protect' the Secular credentials are obviously unaware of the issues that matter to the youth of the large middle-class who are facing a lack of decent Employment

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They say "History is written by the Victors"; but what they failed to know is that there are no permanent winners and losers; even if the vanquished had left the earth long ago; his spirit continues to live through one of  his descendants or through the descendants of his followers who upon winning; change the Past to suit their views.

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In my earlier post, I hoped that Sachin with his bat will give us few more moments to cherish in his final outing as a batsman. And he did that with a brisk 74. It wasn't a century, nor was I expecting one till he actually arrived on crease and started batting really well. Even if it isn't; it doesn't matter- I am more than satisfied with this because his final knock tells us why he is so

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It is tough to digest that it's all going to come to an end!! For 19 years, I had seen him play; and the great man has left behind a great deal of memories for me and innumerable fans.          There were times when we were wondering whether he'll get dismissed early after seeing him struggle to hit a couple of deliveries initially; only to see him craft a brilliant 100 in the end; and there

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You might have often heard of Rajesh Khanna holding the unique record of delivering 15 successful films in a row,but hardly any news article mentioned the 15 films correctly,nor the time period during which those 15 films released. Anyway,I would list those 15 films here.It all began with his 5th film Aradhana and continued till Haathi Mera Saathi(Which released in May 1971) 1969 1.Aradhana (

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Rajesh Khanna is my favorite Hindi film actor.I know that Rajesh Khanna's film career was almost finished by the time I was born, but then it isn't difficult to figure out he was such a Phenomenon during 1969-74.          Although Hindi Film Industry is known to frequently churn out romantic films which clicked at the Box Office,even before Rajesh Khanna's advent and after his fall too; it is

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2 and a half years since the last Grand Slam title win and still,people and fans were eager to watch every match of his in TV Sets or in the Stadia,it didn't matter to most whether he will win another Grand Slam Major or not,they just wanted to see him play.Why? It's because Roger Federer is such an awesome shot maker in Tennis-the aggression and readiness he shows in quickly grabbing the

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After 10 long years,I'm visiting Delhi and Haridwar again. But this time,it is going to be a bigger and more well recorded trip. Finally,my parents bought a Camera,which can be considered as among the very good ones in the market.(Unlike the one given to me and my brother back then,which can get good snaps only in daylight and worse we visited those places in late foggy December.) As part of the

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A Freemake of Akira's Japanese classic Yojimbo,Fistful of Dollars is first of the 3 films of 'Man With No Name' series and the first major film,where Clint starred in a Leading role. The plot of the film is about a Stranger(Clint Eastwood),who enters a town,dominated by 2 families,one the Baxters and other is Rojos;who indulge in the Smuggling Business. In a town,where anyone outside the 2

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Charlie Chaplin makes another great comedy feature,based on the difficult times of Depression era. Charlie Chaplin again plays a Tramp,who now works in an Automobile Assembly-line factory.With the Employers trying various experiments to increase the working hours(Like using a Robot to feed the workers to cut the Lunch time.) and forcing the workers to work at a frenetic pace to meet the Market

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Being a big fan of Oscar Wilde's works,it pains me that he has written just one Novel and a handful of plays.He is undoubtedly one of the biggest underachievers in the Literary World. Come on,how many Literary giants have coined as many Famous witty quotes as Wilde did?I doubt if any of the modern Best-selling authors can at-best boast of having half-a-dozen famous quotes to their credit.So many

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On behalf of Indian,English and even West Indies cricket fans,I thank South Africa for not only defeating Bangladesh(Which ensures a Quarterfinal berth for both England and India);but also trashing them so hard that even if West Indies loses tomorrow and remains stranded on same number of points as Bangladesh does,West Indies will enter the Quartfinals thanks to a better Net Run Rate. As usual,

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By losing against Bangladesh,the England cricket team missed an opportunity to hit two birds with one stone.(Although they could've taken away only one of the Two birds.) I mean,if England won against Bangladesh,the path would have been clear for both India and England to reach the Quarterfinals,because if Bangladesh lost the match,then Group B would have had 3 teams with 3 defeats each against

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The pessimists might argue that whenever India performs well in the practice matches,it will not perform well in the Main World Cup matches;but it must be pointed out that last time,the 2 practice matches India played before the World Cup-2007 were against 2 Teams,who were so worse(Netherlands and West Indies-this team will either perform brilliant occasionally,and horrible mostly) that they

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For the first time in 3 years,you will find neither Roger Federer nor Rafael Nadal playing in the Grand Slam Final. While in the case of Rafael Nadal,it was once again an injury-affected loss,which meant that he was ousted in the QuarterFinal itself. After struggling in the 2nd round,Roger Federer won comfortably in the 3rd round,4th Round and looked extremely good while defeating Wawrinka in

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Prior to the start of the series,I wrote that,I would be satisfied if India wins 1-0 or even levels 1-1;I shall still stick by what I had said then,India's performance overall in this India-South Africa Test series was satisfying over-all, by leveling the series in Overseas soil,against a team,which has currently the Best Bowling attack.As of now,India has silenced the cynics,who wondered whether

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Only 5 times in the past did Australia get bowled out for less than 100 against England,when they batted in the First Innings of a Test match. Not surprisingly,Australia lost on 4 occasions and the only time they won was in 1882(Which began the fight for Ashes!) And today,the Aussies have got bundled out for 98.Never did they got out for such a low score in the First Innings of a match against

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 Well,no point in giving excuses-the South Africans have played really well overall,and they deserved to win the match. Now,regarding India's performance;they lost the chance to win the match in the first day itself when they were bowled out for 136.Losing the toss on a rain-affected damp pitch was bad luck,but the bowling was really superb;I doubt whether bowling at 128-130 kph range could have

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When Steve Waugh called India as the 'Final Frontier' prior to the 2001 series,it indeed made sense because Australia then had conquered every Test nation,winning Tests series in all countries,except in India during the 1990s;apart from maintaining an impeccable home record(Not lost a single home series since 1992). So,all that was left was to win against India in India.(Which,Steve couldn't.)

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As only 1 drawn match is over in this 5 match series,we can't deliver immediate verdicts on how one Team is playing much better,the other team has declined considerably,or who has the 'edge' etc.As of now,the verdict has been out on just one issue-Whitewash,that's the issue which has been solved immediately in Gabba,Brisbane.  Yes,Ricky Ponting has failed to whitewash the Poms this time.However,

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At-last,here are players selected by the WSPN-Cricinfo Jury members into the World Test All-time XI: The World XI: Jack Hobbs, Len Hutton, Don Bradman, Sachin Tendulkar, Viv Richards, Garry Sobers, Adam Gilchrist, Malcolm Marshall, Shane Warne, Wasim Akram, Dennis Lillee Unlike the All-time XI selected for the Indian Test team,this one is a really good list;even though 6 of the players did not

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I'm wondering whether the South Africans took the chokers' tag so seriously,because I was surprised to find that under Graeme Smith's captaincy,South Africa has not won a single TriSeries or bigger Multi-teams' Series in the ODI format. That means they've not won it since 2003.And worse,they've reached the Finals of a TriSeries only twice! And those 2 Triseries involve a minnow team(Bangladesh in

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Well,this is undoubtedly Roger Federer's worst year ever since he won his first Grand Slam title! It has all come crashing down!Every 'Consecutive run' record he held so far had to meet an abrupt end this year. First the consecutive Semifinals record(23 since Wimbledon 2004),which met an end in the French Open Quartefinals,losing to Robin Soderling,which also ended his no-loss streak against

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One of the common cricket-related discussions is regarding why Sehwag could not succeed big in ODIs,despite being super successful in Test Matches(Also considering that he plays it like a One-Day format,scoring at a strike rate of 81+) Well,I don't believe he's failed as a batsman in ODIs.When it comes to One Day Internationals,Virender Sehwag is in the league of players like Adam Gilchrist and

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Call me an eternal optimist or anything,despite not being impressed by Rear Window,Strangers on a Train,Rebecca;I rented this DVD,because Although I wasn't completely satisfied with those films as they didn't have a great twist or ended lamely or the suspense elements weren't great,Hitchcock's direction wasn't bad,I felt he gave his best to create tension and excite the audience out of those

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